Multimedia

Multimedia

Ebooks

Two interactive books published by the Memorial Art Gallery are available free from the iTunes Store. Ancient Egypt: Exploring Ancient Artifacts with Alex the Archaeologist (March 2014) and Ancient Greece: Exploring Ancient Artifacts with Alex the Archaeologist (February 2015) are designed for classroom use for students in grades 6–12. learn more

MAGexplore

Our online tour of the collection is now available! Use your mobile phone, tablet or computer to explore the Memorial Art Gallery—upstairs, downstairs and throughout Centennial Sculpture Park. learn more

Podcasts

Subscribe to our podcasts using iTunes or RSS. Current podcasts include cell phone tours and performances on the Italian Baroque organ (descriptions below).

Centennial Lecture Series

The Memorial Art Gallery’s centennial year was presented by Lynne Lovejoy, with additional support from Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull, ESL Charitable Foundation and Nocon & Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Below is a list of our lectures series from our Centennial celebration called “What’s Up” as well as a few additional programs that we have recorded for your viewing and listening pleasure.

Friday, November 8, 2013
Director’s Circle Lecture: Dana Gioia, poet, critic and former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts.View a video of the lecture

Sunday, December 1, 2013
What’s Up: Michael Lasser on “Popular Songs of 1913 and the Changing Role of Women as Seen through Songs”Listen to the talk

Cell Phone Tours

Experience a deeper level of understanding by listening to our cell phone tours. Access our phone tours by calling 585.627.4132. Tours are free, but your normal minutes apply. The first time you call, you will receive a text message with a link to our mobile site that gives you our complete cell phone tour listings.

Director’s Cell Phone Tour

“A difficult and challenging task.” That’s how MAG director emeritus Grant Holcomb describes the process of selecting just two dozen works for his Director’s Cell Phone Tour. “I wanted the tour to reflect the great breadth of the collection and sought to balance favorite ‘pilgrimage paintings’—major works by acknowledged masters—with more personal, even quirky, choices. And I finished the project knowing that, if asked to do it again, I might come up with a different set of personal favorites.”view portfolio of images for the Director’s Audio Tour.

Exhibition Cell Phone Tours

Hear featured artists speak about their own works (selected Grand Gallery exhibitions).

Poets Walk/Story Walk Cell Phone Tours

These interactive sidewalks bordering Centennial Sculpture Park were a collaboration between the City of Rochester and local nonprofit organizations. Both projects were curated by a panel of judges with input from the community, and in the case of Story Walk, chosen from hundreds of public submissions. To listen, call 585.627.4132 on your cell phone and when prompted for the stop number enter the first four letters of the key word engraved on the sidewalk.learn more

Audio Descriptions for the Visually Impaired:

Visitors who are visually impaired can enjoy detailed verbal descriptions of selected paintings. The descriptions are offered at original speed, and at a slightly faster version for those who are accustomed to the speed of screen reader programs.

Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 2: Excerpt from Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Toccata II per L’Elevatione, Op. 10, no.3, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany Luca Giordano’s painting of The Entombment

Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 3: Excerpt from Bernardo Pasquini’s Partite diverse di Follia, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany painting of Roman Ruins with Card Players (School of Jan Both)

Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 4: Excerpt from Largo from Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto “La Notte,” Op. 10, no. 3, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany Allesandro Magnasco’s painting The Exorcism of the Waves

Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 5: Excerpt from Minuet from Giovanni Benedetto Platti’s Sonata III, Op. 2, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany Francesco Guardi’s painting of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 6: Excerpt from Allegro from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in C, BMV 976, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany William James’ painting of The Riva degli Schiavonni, Venice, Looking West

Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 7: Excerpt from Promenade VII, improvised by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany Bernardo Strozzi’s painting of Two Musicians